This paper deals with the rare iconography of the thumb-rest of an oil lamp in copper alloy, consisting of a charioteer holding a pair of horses for the reins. The lamp comes from Khurasan (north-eastern Iran), dates back to the 12th century and is preserved in the Louvre Museum. This image could recall the solar chariot and, therefore, a solar symbolism connected to the Koranic concept of the sirāj, that is the burning lamp representing the sun.
La rara iconografia di un auriga su una lampada ad olio in lega di rame dal Khurasan (Iran), XII secolo / Fontana, MARIA VITTORIA. - (2019), pp. 5-26.
La rara iconografia di un auriga su una lampada ad olio in lega di rame dal Khurasan (Iran), XII secolo
Maria Vittoria Fontana
2019
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This paper deals with the rare iconography of the thumb-rest of an oil lamp in copper alloy, consisting of a charioteer holding a pair of horses for the reins. The lamp comes from Khurasan (north-eastern Iran), dates back to the 12th century and is preserved in the Louvre Museum. This image could recall the solar chariot and, therefore, a solar symbolism connected to the Koranic concept of the sirāj, that is the burning lamp representing the sun.File allegati a questo prodotto
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